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Representatives from 187 UN Member States adopted the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda—a far-reaching new framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) that has seven targets and four priorities for action.
The agreement was reached at the Third World Conference on Disaster...

As fighting was escalating in northern Iraq in August last year, more than 500,000 people were forced to flee their homes. Many were stranded in scorching heat on Sinjar mountain. In desperation, people called the UN asking for food and water. And mobile phone chargers.
Their phones allowed them to stay...

By Hansoerg Strohmeyer, OCHA’s Chief of Policy Development.
Ten years ago, in the wake of the chaos of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the global humanitarian community went through a major process of reform. This process – known as Humanitarian Reform – created much of the architecture that...

This piece was originally published on the ODI blog Development Progress.
Ten years ago when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit land, killing 230,000 people and destroying the lives and livelihoods of many more, its human cost was immeasurable. The tsunami unleashed an unprecedented national and international...

Remarks by UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos at an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, in Phang-Nga, Thailand.
Ten years ago today when the tsunami hit land it killed 230,000 people, and ruined the lives of many more. Entire villages were destroyed, wiping out people...